NPR's Scott Simon to headline The Author's Table Dinner

Tickets are now on sale for the second annual Tucson Festival of Books' Author's Table Dinner, Friday, March 12, on the University of Arizona campus.

This is your chance to dine and socialize with dozens of America's leading authors-and to hear from one of its top radio personalities, Scott Simon. Each table at this relaxed, business-casual evening will include one of the authors who will be speaking at the Festival that weekend. Proceeds will benefit literacy programs throughout Southern Arizona.

Tucson's top humorist, Arizona Daily Star cartoonist David Fitzsimmons, will be your master of ceremonies.

The Author's Table Dinner 1 ticket - $125.002 tickets - $250.004 tickets - $500.00Table for 10 - $1,250.00 Attendee names (for entry) Name and phone (for groups)

Keynote speaker Scott Simon is the Peabody Award-winning host of National Public Radio's long-running Weekend Edition Saturday. He is the best-selling author of several books of fiction, including "Windy City," a political comedy set in his hometown of Chicago, and non-fiction, including his memoir, "Home and Away."

Tickets to The Author's Table Dinner are $125 each, $55 of which is tax-deductible.

You can order tickets by choosing the number of tickets and clicking on the "Buy Now" button on this page. You'll be given the option to pay by credit card or PayPal account.

For more information contact silvers1946@yahoo.com or jjrlob@msn.com

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